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Deck 22 Flashcards

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anon

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soon or in the near future

  • ‘See you anon.’
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honcho

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the person in charge

  • ‘Who’s the head honcho around here?’
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to pontificate

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to speak or write and give your opinion about something as if you knew everything about it and as if only your opinion was correct

  • ‘I think it should be illegal for non-parents to pontificate about parenting.’
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to tramp

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walk heavily or noisily

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a tramp

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a person with no home, job, or money who travels around and asks for money from other people

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a clearance

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official permission for something or the state of having satisfied the official conditions of something

  • ‘To visit the prison, you’ll need security clearance.’
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Godspeed

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used to wish someone good luck when they are setting out on a journey

  • ‘Farewell and Godspeed, the general said, ending his speech.’
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to drill in/into

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to tell someone something repeatedly to make them remember it

  • ‘It was drilled into us at an early age that we should always say “please” and “thank you”.’
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taxing

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difficult or needing a lot of thought or effort

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roger

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​used in radio communications to mean that a message has been received and understood

  • ‘You are clear to land. Roger, I’m coming in to land now.’
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clandestine

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planned or done in secret, especially describing something that is not officially allowed

  • ‘The group held weekly clandestine meetings in a church.’
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God-ordained (adj.)

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taki jak Bóg przykazał

  • ‘a God-ordained marriage’
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overarching

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comprehensive or all-embracing

  • ‘a single overarching principle’
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an emcee

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a person whose job is to introduce performers in a television, radio, or stage show (MC - master of ceremonies)

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a swatch

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a small piece of cloth used as an example of the colour and type of the cloth

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cognitive

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connected with thinking or conscious mental processes

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subsequent

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happening after something else

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a novelty

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something that has not been experienced before and so is interesting

  • ‘Tourists are still a novelty on this remote island.’
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spry

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(especially of an old person) active; lively

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bogus

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false, not real, or not legal

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incorrigible

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An incorrigible person or incorrigible behaviour is bad and impossible to change or improve

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frailty [U]

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weakness and lack of health or strength

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to hit pay dirt

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to succeed, esp. financially

  • ‘He hit pay dirt with his next movie, which grossed $270 million worldwide.’
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to ruminate

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to think carefully and for a long period about something

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to sizzle

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to make a sound like food cooking in hot fat

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to fizzle

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to make a feeble hissing sound

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to sputter

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to make several quick explosive sounds

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of one’s ilk

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of a particular type

  • ‘The worst of her criticism was reserved for journalists, photographers, and others of their ilk.’
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incongruous

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unusual or different from what is around or from what is generally happening

  • ‘The new computer looked incongruous in the dark book-filled library.’
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a foretaste [S]

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something that gives you an idea of what something else is like by allowing you to experience a small example of it before it happens

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booming

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having a period of great prosperity or rapid economic growth

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equine

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relating to or affecting horses or other members of the horse family

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bovine

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relating to or affecting cows or other members of the cow family

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to simmer

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If a disagreement or negative emotion simmers, it grows slowly stronger over a period of time and could become more serious at any moment

  • ‘The strike has been simmering for weeks.’
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fazed

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worried; disturbed

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disconcerted

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worried by something and uncertain

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a tenant

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a person who pays rent for the use of land or a building

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a loophole

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a small mistake in an agreement or law that gives someone the chance to avoid having to do something

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to scamper

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When small children and animals scamper, they run with small quick steps

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prowess [U]

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great ability or skill

  • ‘He’s always boasting about his sexual prowess.’
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to forage

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to go from place to place searching for things that you can eat or use

  • ‘The children had been living on the streets, foraging for scraps.’
42
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the computation

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the action of mathematical calculation

  • ‘methods of computation’
43
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sustenance [U]

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food and drink regarded as a source of strength; nourishment

44
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galling

A

annoying

45
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reproachful

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expressing criticism

46
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a squall

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a sudden strong wind or short storm

47
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to encase

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to cover or surround something or someone completely

48
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indignation

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anger about a situation that you think is wrong or not fair

49
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to divert

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to cause something or someone to change direction

50
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a crate

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  1. a cage with a bed that a dog stays in when the owners are not home
  2. a box used to transport the goods
51
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unambiguous

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expressed in a way that makes it completely clear what is meant

52
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pre-emptive

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If something is pre-emptive, it is done before other people can act, especially to prevent them from doing something else

53
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to tap into sth

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to manage to use something in a way that brings good results

  • ‘If only we could tap into all that energy and creativity.’
54
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to enmesh

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to involve someone in something unpleasant or dangerous from which it is difficult to escape

  • ‘She has become enmeshed in a tangle of drugs and petty crime.’
55
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a tinge

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a very slight amount of a colour or of a feeling

  • ‘His hair is starting to show tinges of grey.’
  • ‘I felt a tinge of regret that I hadn’t accepted her offer.’
56
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to stomach

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to be able to accept an unpleasant idea or watch something unpleasant

57
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lurid

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(especially of a description) shocking because involving violence, sex, or immoral activity

58
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a morass

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an extremely complicated and difficult to deal with situation

  • ‘She would become lost in a morass of lies and explanations.’
59
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perky

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happy and full of energy

60
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a tearoom

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a small restaurant where beverages and light meals are served

61
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to put on airs

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to act better than one really is

62
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an intrusion

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an unwelcome visit, trespassing

  • ‘an intrusion on one’s privacy’
63
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a pinafore (inf. pinny)

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a piece of clothing worn by women over the front of other clothes to keep them clean while cooking or doing other work in the house

64
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beatific

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feeling or expressing blissful happiness

65
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torturous

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characterized by, involving, or causing pain or suffering

66
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coarse

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rough or harsh in texture

67
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to pull off

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  1. to succeed in doing something that is difficult

2. if a vehicle or driver pulls off a road, they stop by the side of it

68
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an altercation

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a noisy argument or disagreement, especially in public

69
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an inmate

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a person who is kept in a prison or a hospital for people who are mentally ill

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chipper

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cheerful and lively

71
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closure [U]

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the feeling or act of bringing an unpleasant situation, time, or experience to an end, so that you are able to start new activities

72
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a moniker

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a name

  • ‘His real moniker is Dave Kennedy.’
73
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a task force

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a group of people who are brought together to do a particular job, or a large military group who have a military aim to achieve

74
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a trollop

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a sexually disreputable or promiscuous woman

75
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grouchy

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easily annoyed and complaining

76
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to hit the sack

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to go to bed in order to sleep

  • ‘I’ve got a busy day tomorrow, so I think I’ll hit the sack.’
77
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stupendous

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extremely impressive, causing astonishment or wonder

78
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a rapport [ra-pohr]

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a close and harmonious relationship in which the people concerned understand each other’s feelings or ideas and communicate well

79
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a cadaver

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a corpse

80
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verbatim (adv.)

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using exactly the same words as were originally used

  • ‘She had an amazing memory and could recall verbatim quite complex conversations.’
81
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an ottoman

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a piece of furniture like a long box with a soft top, that you can use to store things in or to sit on
* also: pouffe

82
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sundry [suhn-dree]

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of various kinds; several

  • ‘A teenager emptying out his backpack at the end of the school year might find sundry items at the bottom, meaning that the backpack was filled with a random collection of unrelated things.’
83
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an expletive

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a word that is considered offensive

84
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a deadbeat

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a person who is not willing to work, does not behave in a responsible way, and does not fit into ordinary society

85
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breadth [breth]

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the distance from one side to another

  • ‘The length of this box is twice its breadth.’
86
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ardour [U]

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great enthusiasm or love

  • ‘His ardour for her cooled after only a few weeks.’
87
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a mane

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thick, long hair on a person’s head

88
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aforementioned

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mentioned earlier

also: aforesaid

89
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to glaze

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If your eyes glaze or glaze over, they stay still and stop showing any emotion because you are bored or tired or have stopped listening

90
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personal effects

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privately owned items (such as clothing and jewellery) normally worn or carried on the person

91
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a toot

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slang for fart

92
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a scythe

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a tool with a long, sharp, curved blade and a long handle held in two hands, used especially to cut long grass

93
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a cuckold

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a man whose wife deceives him by having a sexual relationship with another man

94
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to curb

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to control or limit something that is not wanted:

  • ‘The government should act to curb tax evasion.’
95
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tumultuous

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very loud, or full of confusion, change, or uncertainty

  • ‘After the tumultuous events of 1990, Europe was completely transformed.’
96
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a barbell

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a long bar with a weight on each end that you lift up and down to make your arm and shoulder muscles stronger

97
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a connotation

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an idea or feeling which a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal or primary meaning

  • ‘The word ‘discipline’ has unhappy connotations of punishment and repression.’
98
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pulses

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seeds such as beans or peas that are cooked and eaten

99
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a testament

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proof

  • ‘The detail of her wildlife paintings is (a) testament to (= proof of) her powers of observation.’
100
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pivotal

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central and important

  • ‘a pivotal figure/role/idea’

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